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Business insurance, also known as commercial insurance, helps protect business owners from unexpected losses. For the last 50 years, we’ve helped countless companies get the right coverages, protecting their businesses and keeping their employees safe. During that time, more than 18,000 of them have given us a 4.8 star claims rating.*
 
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Choose the Best Types of Business Insurance

Key Takeaways

  • Commercial casualty insurance is a broad type of business insurance designed to protect your business from legal liabilities arising from claims that your business or your employees caused bodily injury or property damage to a third party.
  • The main difference between commercial property insurance and commercial casualty insurance is that commercial property insurance protects your company’s buildings and the property you own or rent, while casualty insurance protects your company from liability if an accident happens at your business.
  • Examples of commercial casualty insurance include: workers’ compensation insurance, general liability insurance, errors and omissions insurance and employers liability insurance.
Business property insurance, also called commercial property insurance, helps protect your owned or rented building, tools and the equipment you use to operate your business.
Data breach insurance, also known as cyber insurance, helps cover liability expenses from technology-related risks such as a data breach or cyberattack. If you collect, store, send or receive customer information, it’s important to protect against cyber risks.
Commercial auto insurance helps cover the cost of an auto accident if you or your employee is at fault. If you or your employees drive a vehicle for business reasons, having the right commercial vehicle insurance is important.
This helps protect your business and its assets in the event of a lawsuit for things like negligence, bodily injury, property damage, libel and slander.
Professional liability insurance helps protect you and your company if you’re found negligent in the professional services you provided to a client, even if you didn’t make a mistake.
Most state laws require you to carry this insurance to help compensate employees for expenses associated with work-related injuries or illnesses like medical bills, rehabilitation and lost wages.
Many business owners start with a Business Owner’s Policy (BOP) because the three essential coverages it has protects businesses from common claims. A BOP includes:
 
  • General liability insurance, also known as business liability insurance
  • Commercial property insurance, also known as business property insurance
  • Business income insurance, also known as business interruption insurance

What’s the Average Cost of a Business Insurance Policy?

Business insurance costs vary because every company has unique needs. You can use the table below to see the average cost business owners paid for coverage with The Hartford:1
Coverage Average Annual Premium Average Monthly Premium
Business Owner’s Policy (BOP) $1,019 $85
General Liability Insurance (GLI) $805 $67
Workers’ Compensation Insurance $1,028 $86
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The information contained on this page should not be construed as specific legal, HR, financial, or insurance advice and is not a guarantee of coverage. In the event of a loss or claim, coverage determinations will be subject to the policy language, and any potential claim payment will be determined following a claim investigation.
 
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